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On January 1, 1986 a two-day riot began at the West Virginia State Penitentiary resulted in three inmate deaths. [3]The Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility in Martinsburg, the first of the state's 10 regional jails opened in May 1989.
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West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation Pruntytown Correctional Center (PCC) is a state prison for West Virginia , located at Pruntytown near Grafton , West Virginia , USA . The premises were previously used for a juvenile detention center known as the West Virginia Industrial Home for Boys , which closed in 1983.
Five former correctional officers in West Virginia were indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday in connection with the 2022 death of an incarcerated man who was beaten while handcuffed and ...
Two West Virginia corrections officers pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony conspiracy charge stemming from the fatal beating of an inmate in a case that has brought scrutiny to conditions and ...
Lakin Correctional Center (LCC) is a women's prison in the community of Lakin in unincorporated Mason County, West Virginia. [1]It is on a portion of former Lakin State Hospital property, [2] on West Virginia Route 62, in proximity to West Columbia, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Point Pleasant, [3] and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the Army National Guard armory. [4]
FPC Alderson is a 159-acre (64 ha) facility and is the largest employer in the Alderson, West Virginia area. [17] The prison is about a five-hour driving distance from Washington, D.C. [ 14 ] Serving as a model for prison reform at the time, the facility was styled after a boarding school , offering education with no armed guards. [ 18 ]
[3] [4] Within nine years, West Virginia Penitentiary was closed as a prison. [3] [4] Most of the inmates were transferred to the Mt. Olive Correctional Complex in Fayette County, West Virginia. [2] [3] A smaller correctional facility was built a mile away in Moundsville to serve as a regional jail. [2] [3]